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Sheryll Murray
Conservative MP for South East Cornwall
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Sheryll Murray voted on key issues:
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Defence, Health, Energy and Climate Change, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Common Fisheries Policy, Special Areas of Conservation, Merlin Helicopters, Libya: Armed Conflict, Midwives
(based on written questions asked by Sheryll Murray and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- [Mr Lee Scott in the Chair] — Hot Takeaway Food (VAT) (23 May 2012)
“Does the hon. Lady not accept that there is a consultation, so the Government are listening, and that we cannot expect them to respond until they have the results of that consultation?”
- [Mr Lee Scott in the Chair] — Hot Takeaway Food (VAT) (23 May 2012)
“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Scott, and I congratulate my neighbour and hon. Friend the Member for St Austell and Newquay (Stephen Gilbert) on securing this debate. As the granddaughter of a Cornish baker, nobody knows more than I what it is like to make a pasty. Yes, I know the ingredients, and yes, I can crimp a pasty. Today, I speak on behalf of my constituents in...”
- [Mr Lee Scott in the Chair] — Hot Takeaway Food (VAT) (23 May 2012)
“That was an issue that I intended to come on to, because where is the definition of baked food? Will we find that we are paying VAT on hot bread that comes out of the oven? I urge my hon. Friend the Minister to consider all these implications. I feel uneasy about how the tax will be implemented with the highly ambiguous term “ambient temperature”. That is variable and therefore...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 47 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 87.55% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 35 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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